7:43 AM ET If you’re a fan of dramatic title races, you probably aren’t enjoying the 2021-22 European soccer season all that much. Bayern Munich lead the Bundesliga by six points over second-place Borussia Dortmund, and FiveThirtyEight gives the German giants a 97% chance of winning their 10th consecutive Bundesliga crown. In response to losing
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9:00 AM ET With six months of the 2021-22 Premier League season played and clubs enjoying an ersatz, staggered “winter break,” this feels like a good time to look back and take stock. While plenty of big-name players have lit up the league in the opening half of the campaign, many more have had to
7:53 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The 2022 January transfer window is open (find out when it closes here), and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Spurs, Villa eye Bentancur Tottenham Hotspur
10:26 AM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Austin Lindberg It’s only been 49 days since the 2021 Major League Soccer season concluded with New York City FC‘s triumphant MLS Cup win in Portland, and there are still 30 days before the
1:28 PM ET U.S. youth international and Bayern Munich midfielder Taylor Booth has signed a pre-contract with Eredivisie side Utrecht and will join the team this summer, a source has confirmed to ESPN. The source added that Utrecht is also trying to secure Booth for the current window, which would require a fee to Bayern.
2:13 PM ET Dusan Vlahovic has completed a move from Fiorentina to Juventus. Juventus FC/Juventus FC via Getty Images Juventus have signed Dusan Vlahovic from Fiorentina. Vlahovic, 21, was one of the most in-demand players in world football following a stellar 2021 in which he scored 33 goals and is Serie A’s joint leading scorer with
8:48 AM ET Derby County boss Wayne Rooney has said he turned down an opportunity from Premier League side Everton to interview for their vacant manager’s position. Everton have been without a manager since Rafa Benitez was sacked earlier this month after a disappointing six months in charge at Goodison Park. – Stream ESPN FC
8:55 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona are considering Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as a short-term solution at striker, sources have told ESPN. Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is one of the players Barcelona are considering as a short-term solution to their goal-scoring problems, as a deal for Juventus striker Alvaro
10:08 AM ET Sources have told ESPN that Spurs are interested in Juventus winger Dejan Kulusevski. Massimo Insabato/Archivio Massimo Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images Tottenham Hotspur have turned their attentions to Juventus winger Dejan Kulusevski after missing out on Wolverhampton Wanderers‘ Adama Traore and Porto‘s Luis Diaz, sources have told ESPN. The 21-year-old is understood to
12:49 PM ET Associated Press Wolfsburg signed American winger Kevin Paredes from MLS club D.C. United on Friday. The German club said the 18-year-old Paredes signed a contract until the end of the 2025-26 season. 🔔 PAREDES ANNOUNCED 🔔 VfL Wolfsburg have completed the signing of Kevin Paredes from American club D.C. United. Read More: